The lab engages a variety of neuroimaging and clinical instruments, including multimodal MRI (e.g. BOLD activation, resting connectivity etc.), and concurrent EEG, TMS to study the cognitive (e.g. attention, central executive processes, response inhibition, working memory, reward, decision making, learning) and affective processes (e.g., value-learning, reward and punishment processing, emotional face processing), and how their (dys)function(s) may be a factor in the consequences of and predisposition to human drug addiction as well as their ability to predict treatment response. The focus of the CBN lab is to investigate the role of emotion and motivational influences on different cognitive functions. We also work with individuals with clinical conditions like ADHD, Autism, depression, drug abuse. The broad mission of CBN lab is reflected in a wide variety of research areas in cognitive neuroscience, including attention, emotion, motivation, memory, time perception, cognitive load, learning, decision making, cognitive disorders, child development, and translational research. Our key research methods are behavioural, fMRI (including high-field MRI at 3T for structure-function mapping), eye-tracker, EEG, EMG, TMS, psychophysiology measures (GSR, heart rate, respiration etc.). Pursuing an integrative neuroscience approach, the CBN lab maintains several international and national research collaborations with renowned scientists in the field across various universities (e.g., University College London, Birmingham University, UK; University of Geneva, University of Zurich, Switzerland; University of California San Diego, USA; University of New South Wales, Monash University, Australia; University of Guelph, Canada; Centre of Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences, University of Allahabad, India).

The internship position is non-paid, and on-campus accommodation is only available during the internship period (Subject to availability: Mid of May - End of June and from Mid of November - End of December).

Post Doctoral position at my lab Applications are invited anytime (based on a rolling advertisement) IITB Postdoctoral position information pageApply Online - Postdoc Application (ODT/DOC) Form-Download and fill ODT/DOC Form Alternatively, you can send your application directly to me via an email (with all the documents attached as one PDF file: max 20MB) at
and Documents required: 1. Filled ODT Form (from the link mentioned above) 2. CV/Resume 3. Certificates from Bachelor to the Ph.D. degree 4. Research Proposal 5. At least two reference/recommendation letters 6. A full copy of the published papers - Top 1 or 2 National/International candidates are encouraged to apply

Ph.D. Admission - Prime Minister's Research Fellows (PMRF) selections in May 2019 The DEADLINE for submission of applications is 11.30 PM, 07 APRIL, 2019. Eligibility 1a) have completed or been pursuing the final year of four (or five) year undergraduate or five year integrated M.Tech or five year integrated M.Sc. or 2 year M.Sc. or five year undergraduate-postgraduate dual degree programs in Science and Technology streams from IISc/IITs/NITs/IISERs/IIEST (other universitites/institution students please refer to 1b.) and centrally funded IIITs. These candidates should have secured a CGPA/CPI of at least 8.0 (on a 10-point scale). For applicants in the five year integrated or dual degree programs, if separate CGPAs/CPIs are awarded for UG and PG parts of the program then the CGPA/CPI of UG part (first four year) will be considered, or 1b) have completed or been pursuing the final year of four (or five) year undergraduate or five year integrated M.Tech or five year integrated M.Sc. or 2 year M.Sc. or five year undergraduate-postgraduate dual degree programs in Science and Technology streams from any other (not covered in 1a.) Institute / University recognized in India. These candidates should have secured a CGPA/CPI of at least 8.0 (on a 10-point scale) or equivalent till the last semester and have secured a score of 750 or higher in the respective GATE subject. Eligible and interested candidates under this option 'b' should register for GATE at the official GATE 2019 website, or 1c) have qualified GATE and be pursuing or have completed M.Tech. / MS by Research at IISc/IITs/IISERs ( hereafter referred to as host institutions) having a minimum CGPA or CPI of 8.0 (on a 10-point scale) at the end of the first semester with a minimum of four courses. Those candidates who are applying after the first semester, the CGPA or CPI requirement of 8.0 will be based on all the courses, labs, thesis that the candidate has completed. This is applicable to above eligible candidates at the time of application. AND 1d) have completed the required academic qualifications in 1 (a), 1 (b) or 1 (c) in the preceding three years from when the application is submitted. Fellowship: Year 1 (Rs)70,000 Year 2 (Rs)70,000 Year 3 (Rs)75,000 Year 4 (Rs)80,000 Year 5 (Rs)80,000 Apart from this, each Fellow would be eligible for a research grant of Rs.2 lakhs per year (total Rs.10 lakh) For more information please visit PMRF website

Ph.D. in Cognitive Sciences, I am the first person in India to receive Ph.D. in Cognitive Sciences Centre of Behavioural and Cognitive Sciences (CBCS), University of Allahabad (UOA), India (Ph.D. submitted in 2009; Ph.D. viva voce exam in 2011)

2005-2011

M.A. in Cognitive Sciences, CBCS, UOA, India

2003-2005

B.A. in Psychology, Ancient History, and Education, UOA, India

2001-2003

Experience:

Assistant Professor in Cognitive Sciences Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India

2017-Present

Visiting Scholar-Collaboration School of Psychology, University of New South Wales, Australia

2019-2019

Visiting Scholar-Collaboration Department of Psychology, University of Guelph, Canada

Gupta, R. (13-14 February, 2019). Development of a classification system for ADHD children. Helmholtz-Indian Platform on Science, Technology, Education and Research (HIPSTER) workshop, Bangalore, India.

International Conference on Cognitive Science, CBCS, Allahabad, India, December 2004.

Building the Brain, International Symposium, National Brain Research Centre, Manesar, India, December, 2003.

Talk, Seminar, and Workshop Organised:

Talk by Prof. John Reid (26th April 2019). Cricket in Canada, to 1914: The Province of Nova Scotia as a Case Study in the History of a Global Sport. The Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Bombay.

Seminar on “Machine learning based analysis of bioimaging data” at the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Bombay on 26th June 2018 (Talk by Dr. Kaustabh Patil, Research Center Juelich, Germany).